Program Officer, Baltimore Grantmaking

JOB POSTING:
Program Officer, Baltimore Grantmaking

Location:

Owings Mills, MD (Hybrid)
Reporting Relationship:
Managing Director, Baltimore Grantmaking
Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation strives to fight poverty and build strong, vibrant communities where everyone can thrive. Collaborating closely with the Jewish and broader community, the Foundation provides grants to nonprofits in the United States and Israel that equip people to secure safe and affordable housing; lead healthy lives; obtain and keep good jobs; engage in high-quality educational and developmental opportunities;

and, later in life, remain independent and age with dignity. These efforts primarily focus on places with ties to the lives and legacies of Harry and Jeanette Weinberg.

The Foundation seeks individuals interested in helping to drive change. If you want to contribute toward advancing our mission, values, and work, we want to hear from you!

• Make a difference: Help support meaningful, lasting efforts to fight poverty and build strong, vibrant communities.
• Collaborate with dedicated colleagues: Work in a supportive environment alongside a passionate and talented team that shares a commitment to community, mission, and excellence— and a sense of humor.
• Join a flexible work environment: Enjoy our hybrid workplace.

The program officer, Baltimore grantmaking, will support and advance the Foundation’s efforts to expand economic opportunity and strengthen resident-led efforts to improve communities. The role manages a portfolio of grants focused on fighting poverty and helping individuals and families build long-term financial stability through workforce development, economic mobility, savings and benefits, and community development initiatives.

The program officer will build and maintain strong relationships with Baltimore’s nonprofit, civic, philanthropic, and resident leaders, helping identify opportunities for collaboration around jobs and economic opportunity and advancing community-led solutions. This role will review grant proposals and conduct due diligence (including in-person site visits), support nonprofits with the grant process, and represent the Foundation at meetings, convenings, and conferences. This position will also contribute to initiatives in other portfolios and special projects.

• Develop and manage a portfolio of grants that expand economic opportunity for Baltimore residents.
• Lead grant proposal review and due diligence process by assessing strategy alignment, organizational capacity, and fit with community needs.
• Conduct in-person site visits and meetings across Baltimore neighborhoods with prospective and current grantees and offer approachable, personalized guidance to prospective grantees, with an emphasis on clarity, transparency, and respect.
• Monitor active grants through reports, data review, and ongoing communication with grantees. Work with grantees to track outcomes that matter to Baltimore residents and to reflect on what support is needed.
• Manage compliance with grant applications, contracts, and reporting requirements, including deadlines and documentation. Ensure prompt turnaround on grantee reporting needs.
• Maintain accurate records in grant management system and contribute to grant portfolio reporting, analysis, and internal knowledge management process.
• Review grant budgets, fiscal reports, and (as applicable) capital cost assumptions, forecasts, and payment requests. Recommend and process payments in accordance with Foundation policies.
• Support the development and implementation of Baltimore grantmaking strategy in alignment with Foundation priorities through research, analysis, and discussions with residents and local partners.
• Track and synthesize trends in workforce development, job quality, economic mobility, and neighborhood-based economic initiatives affecting low-income communities in Baltimore. Apply a systems-level lens to identify gaps and opportunities.
• Review and analyze grantee progress reports, document lessons, and identify opportunities for replication. Design or…